[PDF.62wz] The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters

The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters

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 | #3234425 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2003-02-16 |  2003-02-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.59 x5.50l,.68 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A More Realistic Model of Change in Natural Ecosystems|By Aufton Wunderbar|This is a concise, very clear overview of the nonequilibrium dynamics in ecosystems -- why natural "disasters" are actually beneficial to the environment by encouraging biodiversity. The old, equilibrium models miss the fundamental role of the environment in species frequency and distribition -- see The|From Booklist|With the growing realization that controlling fire and flood can unintentionally exacerbate the fire or flood that inevitably occurs (as in Yellowstone in 1988 or on the Mississippi in 1993), a new m

Floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes--we are quick to call them ''natural disasters.'' But are they? Did the great fires that swept Yellowstone in 1988 devastate the park, or did they just ravage our image of the park as a fixed, unchanging national treasure? This lucid, lively book reveals the shortsightedness behind conceiving of such events as disastrous to nature. Indeed, Seth Reice contends, such thinking has led to policies that have done t...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters   |  Seth R. Reice. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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